Winchester Meeting Considers Local Movie Standards
A Handley Library auditorium gathering of Winchester citizens and church pastors discussed film exhibition in local theatres amid concerns about immoral influence on youth. A committee was named to draft resolutions for a follow up meeting next Tuesday.
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Handley Library
Winchester
Monica
E. T. Clarke
Presbyterian Church
H. H. Hable
Palace Theatre
Tom Baldridge
Capitol Theatre
Warner Brothers
Messrs. Hable
Baldridge
Hable
Virginia Board of Censors
Yard Party at Bryarly School House July 19
Benefit for Stine's Chapel Company E on July 19 with a yard party at Bryarly School House. Proceeds support the chapel fundraiser and community event activities.
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Bryarly School
Thurs
Benefit Stine’s Chapel Co. E
Fresh Watermelons At City Market Special Prices
City Market offers fresh watermelons for picnics and parties with special prices. Cat on track promotion noted. July 17 edition reference indicates sale event in progress.
Davis Grocery Sells Fresh Corn Daily
Daily corn sale at Davis Grocery highlights fresh produce offered each day for customers seeking farm fresh ears.
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Davis Grocery
Square Dance at Elm Springs Stephens City Web
Elm Springs hosts a square dance at Stephens City Web on July 18 with refreshments and admission set at 40 cents. Event listing shows 7-17-1p-11 as a time reference.
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Elm Springs
Stephens City
Web
Big Lawn Festival Seeks Cake Donations and Prizes
District Nurse Association committees report progress for a lawn festival aiming to raise 1000 dollars. Citizens and groups are urged to donate cakes and cash, with 150 prizes collected for bingo and more to come. Volunteers including Boy Scouts will collect items. events include shooting exhibitions and varied amusements nightly.
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District Nurse Association
Lawn Fere
Andrew Bell
Martin Wisecarver
Mayor Anderson
American Legion Auxiliary
Mine McArthur
Stephens City
Frank Hack
Alexander Jones
Helen Conrad
Winchester
Alfred N. Kerfoot
P. P. Pilcher
Amherst Street
P. G. Ireland
The
Lions Club
Clarence Hardy
Northern Virginia Power Company
Sergeant Smith
Winchester Gun Club
Winchester Police
Arthur Seabright
Earl Cuthbert
Goldsborough Announces Run for Governor
United States Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough said he will seek the Republican nomination for governor, a post he held 20 years ago. He cited encouraging sentiment and pledged to reform state government under Governor Albert C. Ritchie if elected. He plans to file within 24 hours and begin campaigning, as the fifth Republican candidate.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
United States
Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Soft Water Used Winchester Steam Laundry Ad
Winchester Steam Laundry advertises soft water service and lists contact number 28 3-26-lp-e. o. d. tf for customers seeking laundry help.
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Winchester Steam
Sale of Samuel Mash properties at Court House noon July 21
The Samuel Mash properties include brick house No 230 East Piccadilly Street opposite Woolen Mill and two residences Nos 589 and 591 near Douglas Colored School. They will be sold in front of Court House at noon on Saturday July 21.
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East Piccadilly Street
Woolen Mill
Douglas Colored School
Court House
General Strike Threatens Pacific Coast Coasts
The general strike across the Pacific coast prompted mediators and civic groups to mobilize amid fears of famine and disruption. Acting Governor Frank F Merriam offered to deploy federal aid and coordinate relief efforts for San Francisco and surrounding communities.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Frank F. Merriam
Death claims Clarke county farmer W S Hummer at 64
W S Hummer aged 64 a Clarke county farmer died at his home near Bethel Church yesterday at 1 30 pm from complications. He leaves a widow eight children four sisters and five brothers. Funeral from the home Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev Dr Van der Linden officiating and burial in Green Hill Cemetery Berryville. Pallbearers will be his sons.
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W. S. Hummer
Clarke County
Bethel Church
Hummer
Carter Hall
Burwells
Mason
Frances Hummer
Curtis Lewin
Boyce
Roy
Joseph Hummer
Macedonia
Ohio
Lewis Hummer
Marmans River
Stanley Ware
Millwood
George
Floyd
Alfred Hummer
James Longerbeam
Round Hill
Hunter Payne
Berryville
Ernest Fowler
Bluemont
Ernest Feltner
John Hummer
Bloomfield
Charles
Turner
James
van der Linden
Boyce Baptist Church
Green Hill Cemetery
Heirs of Evelyn V Campbell Estate Filed in County Clerk
The list of heirs at law for the estate of the late Mrs. Evelyn V. Campbell of Stephens City has been filed. Named heirs include R. A. Lemley and G. W. Lemley, Mrs. Katie M. Parker, G. E and C. E. Lemley, Preston Clayton, Norman Carbaugh, Mrs. Alice Staples, and Mrs. Clementine Ward with addresses in Stephens City and Capon Bridge West Virginia. Some heirs are unknown.
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Evelyn V. Campbell
Stephens City
R. A. Lemley
Katie M. Parker
G. W
E. M
G. E
C. E. Lemley
Preston Clayton
Norman Carbaugh
Alice Staples
Clementine Ward
Hiece
Capon Bridge
W. Va
Lillie G. Hollingsworth
Public sale at White Post packing shed in July
A public sale is scheduled at the packing shed near White Post station at 1 p m on Saturday July 21 1934. Items include 2 Crabill graders 30 ladders 400 apple crates and other packing supplies. Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers McCann Clerk.
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White Post Station
Crabill
Dunn and Duvall Auct
McCann
Ladies' Aid Event on Middletown Church Lawn
On the Middletown church lawn a Saturday night event runs from 7 to 10 by the Ladies' Aid group. This notice outlines the gathering time and venue for the community fundraiser.
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Church Lawn
Middletown
Ladies' Aid
Textile mill strike shuts Fletcher mill in Huntsville Alabama
Striking workers storm the Fletcher cotton mill in Huntsville as a state wide walkout closes multiple Alabama plants. Police and deputies rush the scene with a machine gun and rifles. Over 13 000 workers are out as mills in Anniston Florence Jasper and Cordova join the walkout and 20 mills close.
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Associated Press
Huntsville
Ala
Fletcher
Anniston
Florence
Jasper
Cordova
Park To Play Benefit Game Next Saturday
Winchester Park Association hosts a three day yard party July 19 20 21 with grounds and concessions to support the District Nurse Association seeking 1000. Mt Briar Hornets Boonesboro Md will play Park in a Saturday benefit game with manager Russell Potts urging local attendance.
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Winchester Park Association
District Nurse Association
Park Association
Nurse Association
Mt. Briar Hornets
Boonesboro
Maryland
Hagerstown
Thursay
Russell Potts
Winchester
Potts
Italian waiter Mancini charged with trunk murder
London July 17 Tony Mancini an Italian waiter was charged with the murder of Mrs. Violette Kaye Saunders known as Mrs. Violette Saunders a dancer. The body was found jammed in a trunk with parts of another woman believed dismembered from a torso found earlier in Brighton. Mancini was arrested in southeast London and charged after questioning by Scotland Yard detectives.
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Associated Press
London
Tony Mancini
Violette Kaye
Violette Saunders
Brighton
Mancini
Scotland Yard
Bethel Methodist Church Benefit Patch Set for July 18
At old Bethel Methodist Church a benefit event is planned for Wednesday July 18 to raise funds for church repairs. Organizers invite community members and parishioners to contribute and attend.
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Old Bethel Methodist Church
Wed
Dawes Loan Trustees Halt Interest Payments Amid Tensions
Dawes loan trustees in Belin announced they will withhold about 200 million marks monthly from interest payments on the Dawes loan to Germany, storing revenues in Reichsbank vaults. Government threats of retaliatory measures and potential confiscation of funds were noted as the dispute escalated.
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Associated Press
Belin
Dawes Loan
Germany
Reichsbank
Dawes
Bank of International Settlements
Finance Ministry
Ptomaine Poison Seizes El Keller
Park baseball catcher Ellsworth Keller, who also drives a truck for Winchester Steam Laundry, was taken ill with ptomaine poisoning after eating a meat sandwich during a trip to Strasburg. He was treated at home and is recovering, with possible absence from work tomorrow.
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Ellsworth Keller
Winchester Steam
Strasburg
President Asked to Intervene in West Coast Strike
The White House said unofficial requests for executive intervention in the Pacific coast strike were forwarded to President Roosevelt along with latest emergency developments. No immediate plan for his personal involvement was indicated, though he was kept informed of both major and minor San Francisco events.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
West Coast
Roosevelt
Pacific
San Francisco
Pacific Port
Illness Fatal to Father of Local Woman Frank M Giffen
Frank M Giffen aged about 84 died in Baltimore this morning after a lengthy illness. Father of Mrs Bertie Farmer of Winchester and relative to many in Virginia, he was a Capon Bridge native and longtime auctioneer. Burial will be beside his wife in Winchester.
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Baltimore
Frank M. Giffen
James Katzenberger
Mr. Giffen
Bertie Farmer
Berryville Avenue
Virginia
Hampshire County
W. Va
West Virginia
Major Shacklett Delivers Address At Shrine Meeting
Major W. L. Shacklett retired U S Army officer living in Winchester spoke on Masonry and Its Origin at the Winchester Shrine Club dinner meeting at the George Washington Hotel. A. H. Jackson introduced him as club past president. The gathering included six past presidents and discussed an upcoming basket picnic with McKinley Chapter OES. The Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club will be entertained tomorrow at four o clock at Mrs. Louis Bakers home.
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W. L. Shacklett
United States Army
Winchester
Winchester Shrine Club
George Washington Hotel
Shacklett
A. H. Jackson
Shriners
McKinley Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
B. W. Sargent
Howard Cahill
Claude Grim
Walter M. Shade
Wendell Goode
M. B. Clowe
John Fosbrink
Major S. Porter House
Winchester and
Clarke County
Ferry System Strikes Cripple Bay Area Transit
The Key System ferry boats go out of service as a general strike spreads from Oakland to San Francisco and Berkeley. Guards move into Oakland and San Francisco waterfronts as 7,000 California militiamen concentrate with tanks and guns. Supplies shift under guard as thousands lose transit amid widespread job actions.
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Oakland
San Francisco
Associated Press
San Fransico
Calif
Portland
Oreg
San Franscsco
San Franscico Municipal
East Bay
Key Lines
Berkeley
Alameda
Southern Pacific
National
California
Bay
Teamsters
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Samuel Mash
Rdle Shipping
Nevada
Iu Tay
Seattle
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Merriam
W.S. Hummer
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Indianapolis
ST. Paul
Floyd B. Olson
Minneapolis
Ellard A Walsh
151St. Field Artillery
Minnesota National Guard
Yidener
Develay
Market District
Walter
Pridge
Washington Street
Butner
Gibson Bradfield
Barnesville
B. F. Arthur. Jr
Berlin
Geneva
Norman H. Davis
Japan
Italy
Tokyo
Hiroyasu Fishimi
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Frisco
Major Shacklett
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